SNIPPET: "Russian special services disclosed monstrous designs of international terrorist network al-Qaeda. The organization intended to conduct a series of terrorist attacks in Russia during the celebration of the Orthodox Easter.

Terrorists planned to explode a building of the Federal Security Bureau in Moscow, a building of an aircraft-making association and a tan-yard in Kazan. They also planned to assassinate a high-ranking FSB official, Boris G."

SNIPPET: "The special services have obtained the verbal descriptions of all the three suspects. The first one of them, Mohammad Yunus bin Mussa is a 35-year-old red-haired well-built male. The second one is Janes Han bin Ali Khan, a 32-year-old, dark-haired male. The third suspect is identified as Sodjat Ali Shakh bin Makbul Ali Shakh, 35, dark hair. The three men are fluent in Russian, Pushtu, Dari, as well as the Arab and the Turkish, Life.ru reports.

The terrorists planned to use car bombs in their subversive activities. The Russian services have obtained the numbers of those wheeled bombs, an official said.

In addition to Easter terrorist attacks, the gunmen planned to hold arson attacks of the buildings of the Internal Affairs Ministry, the FSB and the offices of United Russia Party."

If torture or other than polite respectful questioning was used to obtained these confessions then Russia should be heavily sanctioned with trade restrictions and UN Castigations. We certainly can’t condone boorish interrogation techniques.

How could intelligent FReepers fall so easily for bullshit like this from Pravda? Russia is Iran's best friend. Iran is major state-sponsor of islamic, jihad terrorism. Please wake up and realize what the Russians are up to. Remember, they are masters of the game of chess. Most of us, unfortunately, have trouble playing checkers. I'm afraid to log-off of this site, because I read so much foolishness coming from you good people.

[2009] Russia, China plan new joint military exercises

By MARTIN SIEFF, UPI Senior News Analyst Published: March 26, 2009

WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) -- The continuing tensions over Russia's refusal to sell its state-of-the-art land warfare advanced weapons systems to China hasn't interrupted the rhythm of major joint military exercises between the two major land powers on the Eurasian landmass. The latest in the regular, biennial series of exercises between the two nations has been confirmed for this summer.

The next in the now well-established series of exercises called Peace Mission 2009 will be carried out in northeastern China, the Russian Defense Ministry announced March 18, according to a report carried by the RIA Novosti news agency.

The first bilateral Peace Mission maneuvers -- described at the time as counter-terrorism exercises -- were held in Russia and the eastern Chinese province of Shandong in August 2005. As we reported at that time, they were a lot bigger than mere counter-terrorism exercises. Warships, squadrons of combat aircraft and more than 10,000 troops were involved carrying out landings against hypothetically hostile shores. The maneuvers also involved large-scale paratroops drops. The scale and nature of those exercises suggested a trial run for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan with Russian support. ..."

From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997: "The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html_____________________________________________________________

From National Public Radio (NPR): August 29, 2006"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been visiting countries such as China, Iran and Russia as part of an effort to build a 'strategic alliance' of interests not beholden to the United States. He considers the United States his arch enemy.":http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5729764_____________________________________________________________

From the Russian News and Information Agency: July 27, 2006 "'I am determined to expand relations with Russia,' Chavez, known as an outspoken critic of what he calls the United States' unilateralism, told the Russian leader, adding that his determination stemmed from their shared vision of the global order.":http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060727/51913498.html_____________________________________________________________

"the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the [20th] century" -Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the collapse of the Soviet Union... "World democratic opinion has yet to realize the alarming implications of President Vladimir Putin's State of the Union speech on April 25, 2005, in which he said that the collapse of the Soviet Union represented the 'greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.'http://www.hooverdigest.org/053/beichman.html

Venezuela Set to Develop Nuclear Power With Russia September 29, 2008 CARACAS, Venezuela  President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russia will help Venezuela develop nuclear energy  a move likely to raise U.S. concerns over increasingly close cooperation between Caracas and Moscow.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429441,00.html_____________________________________________________________

Venezuela's Chavez welcomes Russian warships Nov 25, 2008 LA GUAIRA, Venezuela  Russian warships arrived off Venezuela's coast Tuesday in a show of strength aimed at the United States as Moscow seeks to expand its influence in Latin America. The deployment is the first of its kind in the Caribbean since the Cold War and was timed to coincide with President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Caracas  the first ever by a Russian president.http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22Venezuela%27s+Chavez+welcomes+Russian+warships%22&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz2

The media has been abuzz today at the prospect of Russian nuclear bombers being stationed in Cuba if the US goes ahead with plans for missile defense bases in Eastern Europe.

The story has riled the US enough that a US general has been wheeled out to tell the worlds press that any Russian attempt to build another nuclear base in Cuba would cross US red line.

The story broke earlier this week, when Russian newspaper Izvestia quoted an un-named source from within the Russian military. He told the Russian daily:

While they are deploying the missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, our strategic bombers will already be landing in Cuba.

The quote hasnt been independently confirmed, but the Russian Defense Ministry added fuel to the fire when they refused to comment on the story.

The prospect of Russian nuclear forces being stationed in Cuba - which is, after all, only 90 miles from the US coast - would bring back some rather unpleasant memories for the US of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, where the Soviet Union under Nikita Kruschev launched an audacious and foolhardy bid to station nuclear missiles on the Caribbean island.

Well, if the Russians and Chinese are the ones who want to solve the problem, then they should go to it. We’re stuck with a psychologically and emotionally castrated president so it’s either them or nothing.

The best part is that the Chinese and Russians view torture as a normal way of extracting information, not as something that is disdained as ‘intolerant.’

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posted on 04/18/2009 5:47:47 AM PDT
by Niuhuru
(Fine, here's my gun, but let me give you the bullets first. I'll send them to you through the barrel)

“Russian special services disclosed monstrous designs of international terrorist network al-Qaeda. The organization intended to conduct a series of terrorist attacks in Russia during the celebration of the Orthodox Easter.

Russia may have ‘knowledge’ of an upcoming al-qaeda terror attack on us and so are putting out this disinformation to make it ‘appear’ as if they are targets as well. Folks, you need to consider the source when you read reports like this. “Pravda” and the “Russian special services” are notorious for spreading propaganda and disinformation. What’s most disturbing about it is how easily it works.

Russia and China solve the problem?? They are ALLIED with the islamic terrorists against us!

I would NOT exclusively use the word islamic in their alliances. The Russian mentality appears to be to join, support, and adopt any who would give us the slightest amount of grief. But then again look who the majority of Americans voted to take over US. An image of one who made history, who when left to speak on his own utters uh, uh, uh, unless he had his prompter plugged and programmed.

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posted on 04/18/2009 6:51:14 AM PDT
by Just mythoughts
(Bama and Company are reenacting the Pharaoh as told by Moses in Genesis!!!!!)

At first glance I looked at this as something good, as it would mean a terrible end for many AQ supporters, given the Soviet Union's brutal response to terrorist attacks in the past. But then I remembered that those days are long gone. Today Russia and the associated republics are no longer "The Bear" that was feared throughout the world. After all, what happened after the attack on the school at Beslan? I don't recall anything. Had something like that happened in the old days of the Soviet Union, KGB, GRU, and Spetznatz units would have swept into a number of the home villages of those who participated in the attack, and there would have been no survivors.

That is how a country must deal with terrorism (and piracy as well).

Mark

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posted on 04/18/2009 7:56:20 AM PDT
by MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)

"Mr Yushchenko, a pro-European politician who wanted to bring his country out of Russia's shadow, fell seriously ill on September 6, 2004 as he was competing in presidential elections against a pro-Moscow candidate, Viktor Yanukovich, now prime minister.

After months of tests in an Austrian clinic, it was determined that he had ingested a massive amount of the poison dioxin.

Although he survived, his face was left bloated and pockmarked, and he has had to undergo regular treatment to rid his body of the toxin.

In an interview with Le Figaro he said he believed the dioxin used to disfigure him was made in a Russian lab.

Mr Yushchenko did not directly accuse the Russian government of being behind his poisoning, but he did say he had 'practically put all the pieces together' and the attempt against him 'was not a private action'. ..."

The murder of internationally renowned Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in early October 2006 was yet another troubling sign of Russias retreat into its totalitarian past. Today Frontpage Symposium has gathered a distinguished panel of experts to discuss why Anna Politkovskaya was killed and what the tragic loss of her life symbolizes about the direction in which Vladimir Putins Russia is heading.

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